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Filming the Occupation. Director Saverio Costanzo presents Private

The 2004 winner of the Pardo d'Oro(Golden Leopard) award at the Locarno International Film Festival was Private, and Italian produced and directed film set in the occupied territories. A psychodrama examining the dynamics of Occupation, with...

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Guess what’s cooking for dinner? An interview with Marsha Mehran, author of Pomegranate Soup

Born in Iran, educated in Argentina, author Marsha Mehram found the inspiration for her first novel, Pomegranate Soupe in the west of Ireland. She talks about the novel, multiculturalism and the Celtic tiger with Three Monkeys Online. Just don't as...

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Reviews by Rita Balla published in 3Monkeys Online

Vroom with a view – In search of Italy’s Dolce Vita on a ’61 Vespa by Peter Moore

Veteran travel writer Peter Moore travels the Italian tourist trail on a 'cool' '61 Vespa....

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The Zig-Zag Way by Anita Desai

An American grad student finds himself researching his roots amongst the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico, against a backdrop of the day of the dead. A lean novel by Indian author Anita Desai...

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Pomegranate Soup - by Marsha Mehran

First novel by Iranian born author Marsha Mehran. Three Iranian sisters arrive in the west of Ireland, bringing their exotic cuisine....

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To Err is Divine - by Ágota Bozai

A satirical look at Hungary's post Iron Curtain society. Anna Levay, a school teacher, finds herself blessed/cursed with a halo, in this European bestseller by Ágota Borzi ...

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Under the Skin - by Michael Faber

The first novel from acclaimed Dutch writer Michael Faber. Set in the highlands of Scotland, where a young woman prowls the motorways searching for male hitch-hikers...

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The Sixth Day - Andrée Chedid

Set during a cholera outbreak in Egypt, Andrée Chedid's poetic novel has a timely resonance argues Rita Balla....

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The War of the Saints - Jorge Amado

Blending politics, magical realism and Brazilian sensuality, Jorge Amado's novel The War of the Saints tells the story of the dissapearance of the statue of Saint Barbara of the Thunder....

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Diary - a novel - Chuck Palahniuk

A new novel from Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, Lullaby, and Choke. The coma diary of Misty Marie Kleinman....

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Crescent - Diana Abu-Jaber

The second book from Dian Abu-Jaber is set in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles. The dust jacket promises romance, risk and recipes!...

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The Object of my Affection - Stephen McCauley

Novel by cult American writer Stephen McCauley. It got the Hollywood treatment, being made into a film with Jennifer Aniston, but don't let that put you off!...

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